Be Careful Little Eyes What You See

# 561 - Today's Du-votional comes from: Mr 9:47,48 "And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes, to be cast into hell fire-- "where 'Their worm does not die, And the fire is not quenched.'

Remember, Jesus is not advocating the plucking out of our God-given eyes. He is using this extreme example to warn us of the eternal horrors of hell! He started with the hand, then the feet, and now He moves to the eyes as they relates to the acts of habitual sin, that can lead to the damning hardened heart of unbelief.

Whereas the hand is symbolic of the actual commission of sin by our actions, or the sins of omission by the inaction, and the foot is all about putting us in position to sin, or removing us from the position of doing what is right, the eye is all about allowing our sinful desires into our heart, when, if not checked, will mobilize our feet and hands to commit the wrongful act or omit the righteous one.

Beloved, as the children's song says, “Be careful little eyes what you see.” Jesus said in Lu 11:34 "The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore, when your eye is good, your whole body also is full of light. But when your eye is bad, your body also is full of darkness.”

Stop the lingering looks at earthly things, and instead allow your eyes to linger on Jesus.

Father, turn my eyes toward Jesus.